sufficiently convince God would have us to heed his word more and try the spirits by that and the grosse and palpable blindnesse of such as want the direction of the Scriptures may shew God is not pleased to use this way of immediate revelations now nor indeed is it the work of God holy Spirit to discover things to us now immediately having already made a full discovery of them in the Scriptures but to open our eyes to see the wonderful things of his Law to apprehend those discoveries of God made in his word and to sanctifie our hearts so as they may close with those truths revealed and rellish them and to remove the natural enmity that is in as to the things of God 3. It hath pleased the Lord of his infinite goodnesse to give his holy Scriptures the Word of God for so now I will call them whether the Quakers will or no that this may be a direction and rule to us of faith and obedience how we are to believe in God and worship and serve him and to direct us to eternal salvation this is a special pledge of Gods love to us though the enemies of truth will not acknowledge it The Lord hath not done so to all Nations neither have the heathen knowledge of his Laws Psalme 147 19 20. and the end of writing them was that we might be directed in our faith and obedience John 20 last These things are written that ye might beleeve c. we are to try the spirits now by them whether they be of God as the noble Bereans did Acts 17.11 we are to go to the Law and to the Testimony Isa 8.20 to search the Scriptures John 5.39 or otherwise we shall be necessarily exposed to errour Matth. 22.29 They are now a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our steps Psal 119.105 and through the words of Gods lips we may be kept from the path of the destroyer Psal 17.4 in a word they are able to make wise to salvation to furnish to all good works they are profitable for doctrine reproof correction instruction in righteousnesse c. 2 Tim. 3.16 17. The Lord accompanying them with the blessing and efficacy of his Spirit And let not any ignorantly pretend it is a disgrace to the Spirit to be tried and regulated by an outward rule for gold may be tryed by a touchstone why may not any doctrine or revelation or practice now though pretended to come from the Spirit be tried by the Scriptures which we are more sure came from the Spirit of God they being a surer word of prophecy then any voice we can heare spoken from heaven 2 Pet. 1.18 19. 4. Now let the weakest Reader if he be not wilfully blinded judg whether these people be not extreamly ingrateful to God for his goodnesse in giving the Scriptures to deny this principal use and end of the Scriptures and whether hereby they declare not themselves enemies thereunto I might shew other uses and ends of the Scriptures that they subvert but this may suffice for this second particular to prove the charge that the Quakers be enemies to the holy Scriptures III. They make Scriptures to be but a declaration of the Saints condition an expression frequently to be found in their writings insinuating thereby as if they belonged not to us now Burroughs p. 30 Glory from North. p. 8 9. but concerned the Saints only in former times for so much its clear they intend by comparing this with the former particular they are the declaration of the Saints conditions in former times but they are no rule of faith and life to us what do they then concern us what need we regard them what benefit have we by them A most unworthy expression when God hath written to us the great things of his word and we account them a strange thing Hosea 8.12 as if they did not at all concern us and the Lord had not spoken those things to us but to others But as it delares their enmity against the Scriptures so is it a very false assertion There be some part of the Scriptures that do more concern us now in these last dayes of the world then they did the Saints in former times as many Prophetick Scriptures in Dauid and the Revelations and for other Scriptures the Apostle faith what ever was written was written for our learning Rom. 15.4 and for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world be come 1 Cor 10.6 11. The example of Christ and his Apostles teaches us to make use of the whole Wood of God they frequently cited the writings of Moses and the Prophets in the book of the Psalmes applying them to that generation why may not we then apply the same as also the writings of the New Testament for our benefit In Heb. 13.5 The Apostle applies that promise made to Joshuah to the beleeving Hebrews I will not have thee nor forsake thee See 1 Cor. 7.1 where the Apostle applies the promises made by the Prophet Jer 31.1 to the Corinthians and presses them to duty from thence and indeed to what end are they written down and by the gracious providence of the Lord preserved to this day but for our use and benefit it 's needlesse to adde more here that which was spoken in the former particular will also clear this IV. They call the Scriptures reproachfully a letter a dead letter c. as may be seen in their writings frequently which is but a piece of Popish Rhetorick for this hath been the language of Papists before them who have called them a dead letter divinity of ink and paper with many more such opprobrious tearms But whether we should beleeve Papists and Quakers in vilifying the Scriptures or credit the holy penmen their commendation of them judge ye David saith The Law of the Lord is perfect converting the soule the testimonies of the Lord are sure making wise the simple the Statutes of the Lord are right rejoycing the heart the Commandments of the Lord are pure enlightning the eyes c. and Psalme 119.50 Thy word hath quickened me The Apostle James 1.18 saith he begot us with the word of truth Paul saith faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God Rom. 10.17 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it 's not said by the personal word Jesus Christ but by the word that is preached by men not that we exclude the co-operation of Gods Spirit with preaching for we are workers together with God 2 Cor. 6.1 but that the word written and preached might have it's due place and commendation being mighty through God the power of God to salvation and therefore no dead letter It is a grosse perverting of that Scripture 2 Cor. 3.6 to alledge it for to prove the Scriptures to be a dead letter for the Apostle there compares the doctrine or ministration of the Law and the old Covenant with the ministration of the Gospel Covenant disputing against such as commended the
gone astray and to the establishment of such poor weak and staggering Christians as belong to him is the fervent and hearty prayer of him who is Thine in Christ J. C. Wramblingham June 16. 1656. To the READER WEre the opinions of the Quakers regarded only according to their falsenesse or fondness or were their strangness to Scripture seconded with a sutable disowning of them by men the Authour of this judicious Treatise might have spared his pains in this excellent Confutation of them Upon my perusal thereof it plainly appears as the errours confuted do oppose most weakly the evident and most pernitiously the fundamental truths of the Word so that this worthy Author hath most strongly with Scripture Arguments overthrown and dissipated those their fond yet dangerous errours When I consider the weaknesse of their Arguments I wonder that any have ever been so mad as to entertain their errors formerly and when I think of the strength and perspicuity of this Confutation it seems as strange that any who shall peruse this book should persist in them or be drawn off to them for the future In short I am perswaded that this judicious and dear Confutation of the errors of the Quakers is like to prove by Gods blessing a singular help to preserve those from wandring who as yet remain in the ways of truth and to reduce those who are misled and gone astray from the same William Jenkyn Black Fryers Novemb. 11. SECT I. The Quakers proved to be enemies to the holy Scriptures IT is not denyed but the Quakers are pretended friends to the Scriptures and do often tell us that they own them Nor can it be conceived that the Serpent should so far lose his subtilty in deceiving and become so foolish an enemy to the truth as to provoke seducers in downright words to deny and disclaime them and that especially in an age wherein through the mercy of God the Scriptures are generally entertained with so high esteem and some Laws are in force to punish such as shall offend in such a grosse manner His designe therefore must be to undermine them by policy whilest he pretends some love unto them as Joab spake peaceably to Abner whilest he smote him under the fifth rib and Judas kissed Christ when he betrayed him Now that the Quakers are indeed real enemies to the Scriptures whilest they would seeme to be friends I shall demonstrate by several particulars I. They deny the Scriptures to be the Word of God as all that have any knowledge of them can testifie appropriating this title only to Jesus Christ as sometimes the Swenkfeildians and others have done yea in disgrace of them have said some part thereof is the word of the Devil Now that the weakest may perceive their errour and enmity against the Scriptures in this particular 1. Let them consider these few things 1. There is nothing more common in our ordinary speaking then to call a speech or a Sermon when they be Printed or Written such a mans speech or Sermon or the words that were spoken by a man such a mans words Thus Nayler tells Jackson p. 1. thou hast printed my words though they be written down this speech is so common that there 's no childe that learns to read but if it cannot tell a word will ask what word is this and therefore to deny the Scriptures to be the Word of God is to insinuate they never came from God if we understand this according to our common manner of speaking as when any deny such a speech or such words were not the words of such a man we understand thereby they never were uttered by him 2. The Scriptures do frequently use the same manner of speaking with us in calling the Commandments promises threatnings c. recorded in the Scriptures the Word of God The ten Commandments that were engraven on the two Tables of stone are called ten Words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 See Deut. 10.4 in the Margin of your Bibles and Exod. 20.1 God spake all these word and said The promises of God are called his word Rom. 9.9 This is the Word of promise at this time I will come and Sarah shall have a Sonne So 1 King 6.12 the promise made to David is called the word that God spake to David The threatnings are called the Words of God Zaâ—h 1.6 my Words took hold upon them that is the threatnings denounced by the Prophets overtook them as one enemy doth another in flight See Lam. 2.17 1 King 2.27 the threatning which God spake against the house of Eli is called the Word of the Lord. Yea this is the most usual acceptation of this title the Word of God for its not given to Jesus Christ by any of the holy pen-men of the Scriptures but by the Apostle John only in his Writings as Grotius observes But for the more full convincement of the weak and ignorant 〈◊〉 shall adde a few Scriptures where this phrase the word the word of God or the word of the Lord cannot possibly be applyed to Jesus Christ but must necessarily be understood of the doctrines precepts promises threatnings c. written in the Scriptures and promulged by God or his Messengers let these Scriptures be considered where for more evidence sake it 's call'd the word of Gods mouth or of Gods lips See Jer. 9.20 Esay 45.23 Ezek. 3.27 Psalme 17.4 Sure these places speak not of Christ himself the eternal Word but of a word spoken in time In other Scriptures it 's call'd the word that God spake Exod 20.1 Isa 24.3 Luke 22. â—1 Let the Reader observe this place And Peter remembred the word of the Lord what word was this It follows how he had said unto him before the cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice Observe it this is called the Word of the Lord though Peter did not receive it and heed it so as to be kept from sin by it further yet Psalme 19. and Psalme 119. where the Prophet is taken up wholly in commendation of the Word of God he shews you what word he speaks of by the variety of expressions that he uses Law of God Precepts Judgements Statutes Ordinances Commandments Besides we have not only the Word of God but words of God mentioned in Scripture Exod. 20.1 John 3.34 Psalme 12.6 how can they expound this of Christ except they make many Christs and we reade not only of the Word Christ but the work of Christ Col. 3.16 Beside we finde mention in Scripture of a written word Eccles 12 10 Jer. 36.6 Heb. 13.22 Rev. 22.19 there might be hundreds of places more collected if need were to make out this thing How vainly do these men then cavil against us for calling the Scriptures the Word of God seeing it is the usual language of the holy Scriptures 3. Had these poor people any knowledge of the original languages wherein the Scriptures were written of which it's strange they should be ignorant when they pretend extraordinary
gifts in other things as of knowing mens spirits of being infallible of working miracles c. they might finde that there are several words used in Scripture that our translators render the Word of God there is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and there is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 now though the former title be given to Christ yet the latter is not and therefore such places wherein the latter is used can with no colour be expounded of Christ as in Rom 10.17 Eph. 5.26 Eph. 6.17 Heb. 6.5 c. whatever they pretend of the former 4. Let it be considered in what respect Jesus Christ is called the Word and in what respect the Scriptures be called the Word and it will appear this title will with greater propriety of Speech agree to the Scriptures then to Jesus Christ for Jesus Christ is only figuratively called the Word of God that he might through that similitude he hath to a word be more cleerly represented to our understandings as the word is the image and resemblance of ones minde so is Jesus Christ the expresse image of his Fathers person Heb. 1. though no transient image as our words be but co-essential and co-eternal or as the word makes known what is in the minde and heart so hath Christ made known the minde of God unto us others understand he is called the word also because it s he of whom the Word speaks to him give all the Prophets witnesse c. others because he made all things by his Word he spake and they were made But now in none of these respects nor any other that can be further named is Christ properly the word but figuratively But now the doctrines precepts c. of the Scriptures may in a more proper sense and without figure be called the word of God because spoken by God The Lord hath spoken these things by the mouth of his holy servants which have been since the world began Luke 1.70 5. Whereas they call some part of the Scriptures the word of the devil intending thereby that in Gen. 3.1 4 5. and such like places I answer they were the words uttered by the devil originally but now as they be recorded by the penmen of the holy Scriptures and so have a truth of history in them they be the words of God and therefore their malice against the Scriptures only appears herein 6. It would be observed how ignorantly these men do contradict themselves in denying the Scriptures to be the Word of God and yet granting them to be a declaration of Gods minde let them tell what a word is but a declaration of ones minde cannot a childe know that if a man speaks words to another he declares his minde to him what a simple contradiction is this to be found in men that pretend to be infallible but any thing shall be said or done to take down the authority of the holy Scriptures and to lessen the reverence due to them Burroughs against Griffith p. 19. sword drawn p. 1. II. They deny the Scriptures to be a rule of faith and life and hereby seeking to overthrown the great use and end of the Scriptures they are clearly manifested to be enemies to the Scriptures This charge will not be disowned by them for many of their pamphlets manifest their denial of the Scriptures to be a rule of faith and life therefore it rests on me to prove that they are enemies to the Scriptures herein and this will appear in these particulars 1. Without some standing rule and direction given by God we know not how to beleeve in God aright nor worship and serve him acceptably and thereby attain eternal life such as have no standing rule and direction worship they know not what as Christ speaks of the Samaritans John 4. They erre not knowing the Scriptures as Christ saith to the Sadduces Matth. 22.29 The Heathens that wanted the rule of the word what dark apprehensions and misconceivings had they of God and the things of God how utterly ignorant of many mysteries of faith how besotted in worshipping false gods and deceived variously in their searching out the chief happinesse of man Man since the fall hath lost the knowledge of God and is stricken with blindnesse being able only to grope after God as the Sodomites for Lots door so the Apostle phraseth it Acts 17 They feel or grope after him and besides the darknesse of mans minde the seducements of Satan are such who can transform himself into an Angel of light that if we have not something to try the spirits by we may soon be deceived and therefore to have a rule or direction for mans faith and obedience is most necessary seeing man is a reasonable creature and is not acted by a brute impulse but as a free and understanding agent must act what he doth knowingly and with Councel 2. It 's as certain that there is no other way sufficient to direct man to beleeve in God aright and to worship and serve him acceptably and therby attain happinesse but the holy Scriptures As for traditions of men which the Jews formerly and now the Papists equal with the Word of God they lead men further from God and happinesse And for the light in the conscience which the Quakers so highly cry up though it may convince men there is a God as we see by the Heathens that have no other teacher but it yet is it unable to give a man any cleare distinct knowledge of God only a groping knowledge as before was said nor can it teach a man so much as the name of Christ for which of the Heathens know this by the light in the conscience much lesse the great mysteries of Christs incarnation or taking on him flesh of his death and the new Covenant founded on it his Resurrection Ascension c And for matter of practise though it will witnesse against grosse sins and impieties Rom. 2.14 yet how unable is it to convince of original sin the first entrance of sin into the world and death by Adam and of concupiscence or the motions of sin in the flesh that it is sinne when not consented to which the Papists deny to be sinne and it 's likely the Quakers also or else they would not affirm they are perfectly freed from the very being of sin Paul expressely saith he had not known it to be sinne but by the Law Rom. 7.7 it seems then the light in his conscience could not discover it How grosly such have been misled that have given up themselves to heed that light neglecting to use the Scriptures for their light and rule appears sufficiently in the printed relation of Gilpin and Toldervy and by the delusions that this whole company are given up to by God that pretend to follow it Further as for such special and immediate revelations of the spirit that others have boasted of as their guide and direction the woful miscarriages of such Enthusiasts that have pretended thereunto may
often in their mouths and in their writings and they will tell you in words they own Jesus Christ come in the flesh so that if this will prove them good Christians they shall passe free from this censure and not be charged with it But withal I shall not conceale the subtilty of Satan in deceiving in this as well as in the former particular as he will let these his instruments own the Scriptures in words whilest they deny them in deed and truth and are enemies to them as before was proved so whilest they professe in words to own Jesus Christ come in the flesh and speak of his Death Resurrection and Ascension c. they do in deed and in truth deny all these things Nor let any wonder at this they could not be deceivers else they are simple deceivers that will in plain and evident words say they deny Jesus Christ they disclaime his Incarnation Death Resurrection c. who would then be taken in their snares the simplest would espy what they are I finde not amongst all the ancient hereticks in the Church since the time of Christ to this day any that have in expresse words said Christ is not come in the flesh though open enemies such as the Jews deny it plainly yet none that have professed to be Christians Some deceivers have said Christ took on him an imaginary no real body some an aërial some a coelestial some a body but no humane soul some that his humane nature was swallowed up of his divine nature and several other heresies about it and these all do in effect deny Christ come in the flesh because they hold forth such a Christ as is no real and true man but none of them have denied it in expresse words and why should we think seducers should be more foolish in deceiving in these last dayes of the world then in former times Besides the Apostle John he calls such an one as shall not confesse Jesus Christ come in the flesh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is a crafty cheater or juggler that will cozen you while you look on so some expound the word and therefore you must not think they wil in down-right words deny Christ but while they look you in the face and give you good words and say we own Christ come in the flesh and we are slandered by them that say ootherwise of us yet they do but cozen and cheat you for they nothing at all intend it And indeed if you examine the Quakers throughly and ask them what Christ it is they own now in the flesh they will confesse no other Christ but the Christ of the familists Christ in their flesh that in the conscience they own to be Christ but as for the man Christ now in the heavens him they own not as for a Christ who is a particular man personally distinct from other men that Christ that was of the seed of David the Sonne of Mary Jesus of Nazareth they own not him some have said he was the idol of the world they will grant that God took that flesh for a time but no humane soul with it and when that man died on the crosse he never rose againe in this same individual body that same particular man did not ascend into heaven is not at the right hand of God making intercession shall not come to judge the world c. but all this by an allegory is applied to themselves Christ in the flesh is Christ in their flesh dying and rising again in them and now Christ is come to judge the world while they take upon them with authority to judge and revile the servants and wayes of Christ This is the very doctrine of the Quakers concerning Christs Incarnation Death Resurrection Ascension coming to Judgement as may appear by these few testimonies I shall hear set down one of them in a printed paper called The sword of the Lord drawn c. p. 5. hath these words Your imagined God beyond the stars and your carnal Christ for so they reproachfully call the man Christ Jesus now in the heavens is utterly denied and testified against by the light c. In their book called Sauls errand to Damascus p. 8 9. 14. they say That Christ in the flesh with all he did and suffered therein was but a figure and nothing but an example some of them in these parts have publickly before many witnesses denied the Resurrection of the dead body and if so then Christ is not risen and there 's no such man as the man Christ Jesus now in heaven B. L. in conference with my self denied Jesus Christ to take to himselfe an humane soul so Hubberthorn in a letter to me though he took flesh upon him The same person being asked by W. S. what became of the body of Jesus when it was not to be found in the grave answered it perished Another of them said Thou hopest to be saved by the Christ that died at Jerusalem but I trust to a Christ within me pointing to his breast when that testimony of Christ which he gave concerning his Resurrection was urged to some of them in Luke 24.39 The disciples supposing they saw a spirit and that it was not Christ himself he said unto them behold my hands and my feet that it is I my self a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have they have scoffingly answered where was his blood that was spilt upon the crosse they have often urged Christs appearing to his Disciples the doors being shut to argue that Christ rose not with a corporal body of flesh and bones though at the same time he bid unbeleeving Thomas behold his hands and reach his finger and thrust it into his side They frequently speak of a Christ in their conscience as the only Christ for no other man Christ they will acknowledge There needs no further proof of this charge let but any one that desires further satisfaction concerning it ask them as I my self have often proved it by experience in conference with them whether they acknowledge a man Christ personally distinct from other men now residing in the highest heavens who is to come to judge the world at the last day they will tell you they own the same Christ that ever was for they deny not his divinity but for his humanity they will shufle you off and not speak to that and thereby prove themselves Anti-christs because they confesse not Christ in the flesh c. I need not spend many words in the confutation of these things there is no sober Christian that hath received any thing of the knowledge of Christ but his heart wil abhor these doctrines at the very mentioning of them I shall only refer the Reader to some Scriptures that may establish his faith in the truth about these particulars Concerning Christs being really and truly a man See John 1.14 Gal. 4.4 1 Tim. 2.5 That he was a particular individual man personally distinct from all
travel and should have a man-childe whose name should be Immanuel which child was shewed afterward to the Protector for a wonder Many aged and infirme women say they since they came into this way out of weaknesse have become strong and able to travel hundreds of miles on foot These things being objected against by me as being done far of and most of them in corners and therefore far unlike the miracles done by Christ and the Apostles I desired to hear of some done neerer hand the truth of which I might finde out whereupon I was informed of one in this Town wherein I live and another at Norwich That in this Town was reported to me as neer as I can remember in these very words Was it not a Miracle for T. C. that had been brought so low by a Quartane Ague to be so suddenly recovered I answered it was a merciful providence but no miracle and further demanded by what means he was cured It was replyed that Richard Hubberthorne did but go to his door and speak to him and presently he recovered but afterwards enquiring of the man himself what Hubberthorne said to him he told me he said nothing but bade him look to the light in him he did not rebuke his distemper nor command him in the Name of Christ to arise and walk and since that time this poore man hath continued in a languishing condition That other pretended miracle at Norwich was upon Thomas Symonds Weaver one of their speakers a letter whereof I read subscribed with his own hand It was this that upon a Lords day some few moneths agon the hand of the Lord was upon him from morning to evening very sore and he was smitten with a tormenting pain in his bowels and nothing that his friends about him applied could help him insomuch that they gave him over as irrecoverable whereupon the voice within him bade him take a draught of cold water which he doing in the obedience of faith his spirits revived and himself presently recovered and sent out a letter of this to his friends that they might give glory for it to God and be thereby further confirmed and established in their way The Pawwaw do greater cures then this upon the poor Indians to confirm them in their worshipping of devils Besides this is a medicine many have been helped by when troubled with paines upon the distillation of a salt humour upon the inward parts and therefore is no miracle Concerning their quaking trances visions rapture and Revelations I have not heard much in these parts They knowing how prejudiciall these things have been to their way as also their going naked they have much left them Only I have one memorable story to relate about the same which is of Atkinson that notorious impostor when he first came to Norwich who pretended and those poore people did readily believe him that the dread of the Lord fell upon him as he was travelling on his journey and he was smitten off from his horse as Saul going to Damascus and it was told him he was going to as ignorant and blind a City as any was in the world and there should suffer for Christ and be imprisoned but should have unspeakable comforts c. The notorious wickednesse of this wretch now discovered to all may convince that it was no hard thing for him to invent such cheats to delude poore creatures by who are willing to be deceived Now least any weak ones should be stumbled at these pretenses of Miracles and be thereby induced to hearken to them I shall adde these few things for the sake of such 1. If these Miracles or wonders which those persons pretend to work were indeed true and reall and not feigned things yet seeing they are wrought to confirme lying doctrines as the doctrines of the Quakers are before proved to be we are not to hearken unto them Deut. 13. 1 2. If a Prophet shall give a signe or wonder and it come to pass of it be to tempt to follow strange gods we are not to hearken to such for the Lord permits it to try his people and prove them It was before shewed that in these last dayes this power of working Miracles is to be in the hands of false prophets and deceivers Math. 24. 2 Thess 2. And therefore faith Aug. tract in Joh. 13. God hath armed us against such Miracle-mongers by warning us that in the latter daies false prophets shall work signes and wonders c. 2. But how evident is it they are but lying signes and wonders as the Apostle 2 Thess 2. calls them or as Austine speaks of the miracles of Hereticks in former times either the juglings or mockeries of deceitfull men or else illusions of lying spirits For such as were pretended to be wrought in these parts I shewed before those to be no better and for such as be pretended to be done in remote parts we have reason enough to suspect them when we find their deceits at home besides it 's most certain God will never put to his seale of true miracles which he only can work to confirme lyes 3. The enemies of the truth in former times have wrought greater wonders by far then these people have pretended to what wonders were wrought by the Egyptian Sorcerers in the time of Moses by many Hereticks in the primitive times but especially how many and how great miracles have been pretended to be wrought by the Papists these being so eminent we are prophetically warned of them Rev. 13.13 14. where we read that the second beast or the Pope possessing the seat of the first beast or Romane Empire should do great wonders and deceive them that dwell upon the earth by his miracles And indeed hardly any new doctrine that the Papists coyned or superstitious rites and ceremonies but that had multitudes of pretended miracles to confirme the same When they would bring into the Church Transubstantiation or the Doctrine of Christs bodily presence in the Lords Supper they have pretended their wafer-cakes have been seen bleeding as they were broken and eaten by them and that heathens have come into their assemblies and seen the Christians put a little pretty boy into their mouthes c. When they would bring in the worshipping of Images they have pretended that those dead stocks have moved themselves could walk could stirr their eyes and hands could speak could light their owne Tapers could heale the sick and raise the dead how many wonderfull cures and miracles have been wrought as they say by the image of the Virgin Mary some of her chappels have laid up in them very many crutches pictures of armes leggs c. All which they pretend she hath miraculously healed and recovered they that will not believe things done beyond sea nay enquire after the great miracles done here amongst us by the Lady of Walsingham and Ipswich strang things for Images to do and wherefore were all these fained but to draw people to